http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/03/State/Meet_the_new_Tom_Gall.shtml
And this poll shows Crist beating Davis:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/August%202006/FloridaGovernor.htm
Told that Gallagher was campaigning as a staunch conservative who, unlike Crist, strongly backed lawmakers intervening to try to keep Terri Schiavo alive, Michaels was taken aback.
And all these months, Gallagher was getting raked over the coals from alleged "true conservatives".